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Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30
Cost Of Making a Watch.
Lewiston Journal.

They were comparing time pieces in
the Dewitt house office the other day.
A. L. Dennison, of Portland, was one Of
them. Trustee Ben Hilton, of North
Arson, balanced a gold-timer Oh his d9x-
ter finger, and Hon. Rufus Prince, of
Soath Turner, produced the old reliable
sun-regulator from his pocket. 1t look
ed like convention of watch-makers and
served to point moral to this story.
ga cousin of mine," said Mr.. Dennison,
"who was of the same name as myself,
was the first person to make watch by
machinery, and it was he who estab-
lished the Waltham Watch-works in
Waltham. Mass. He was abroad over
twenty years in Switzerland and on the
continent, introducing his matchmaking
machinery.
"Not long ago, on visit to this coun-
try, he came to see me. He asked me
the question: How cheap do you suppose
can make watch by machinery, i. g., a
good, fair movement, one that We would
warrant for term of three Or four years
I tried to answer him, and did make a
guess. Now what would you say?"
II can buy 'em for $780," said Charles
Weymouth.
"Oh, say-er-er-$2," replied Mr.
Prince.
Mr.. Dennison smiled, and as he clicked
his jack knife and put it in his pocket
replied with that peculiar satisfaction
that always invests such situation: she
said that he could make such watch fol
just eighty eight cents"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30
Chicago Market.

CHICAGO, June a. Flour-Steady and I'M
changed Vines Unsettled and lower; after
iuctuating within small range all day closed PC
below yesterday; 69as for seller cash; 7O1s for
seller July; 721h for seller August. CorD-Quiet
and easier, closing ss01ac below yesterday; 35h
for seller cash; 361s for seller July; 37M for
seller August Oats-Steady as compared with
Yesterday, with &c improvement; 25A for seller
cash: 1884 for seller July; IS 9-16 for seller
August. Rye-Dull at AZ. Barley-Steady at 81.
Prime timothy .1212.15. Flax seed-12s.
Whisky-11O. Pork-Dull and unchanged. Lard
Ruled comparatively steady; 6.3o Tor seller
cash; a5 for seller July; 6471146 $50 for seller
August Shoulders, 5 40G550; short clear, &c
M 20: short ribs, 7.25. Butter, cheese, eggs and
hides ul changed.
Flour-Receipus, 10, 600; shipments, II, 900
Wheat-Receipts So, 900: shipments. 332, 900
Corn-Recelpts, 40 O00; shipments, 257.0
Oets-Receipts, IS. 600: shipments, 90 900.
Rye-Receipts, -; shipments, 400.
harley-Receipss 1000: shipments. -,
CHICAGO, June 81 The Drovers' Journa' re-
ports: Cattle-aeceirrs, 1000; steady: shipping
steers, 320 450; stockers and feeders, 1903 Oo
cows bulls and mixed 49G3 50; Texas cattle,
2150 $50. Hogs-Receipts, 1SC00; strong, cissihe
weak; rough and mixed 4.7505.o0; packing ana
shipping 4.9OG5. 10; light, 4.7o15.oo' skps' '.o'
14.60. Sheep-Receipts. 1000; STEADY natives
275042 %; western, 3.4013.75; Texans, 1000 -0o'
lambs. .e0Q400.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30
A Good Thing in Lemonade.
Chicago Tribune.

'This is lemonade, is it not?n INQUIRED
a light-haired gentleman blandIy, as he
stepped up in front of a stand on the
circus ground yesterday.
The proprietor replied that it was ice
cold lemonade, and generously threw in
the information that the price was onlv
five cents a glass.
III take q glass, if you please" said
the stranger, and it was placed before
him.
'If there is anything am fond Of" he
continued with much affability, cit is
good lemonade;'s and he drew lemon
from one of his pockets, cut a hole in it
and with great deliberation squeezed the
juice into the glass. Then from another
pocket he took spoon and a small paper
sack filled with sugar, with which he pro-
ceeded to sweeten the mixture. crowd
was gathering around him by this time,
and the proprietor of the refreshment
stand was becoming quite red and very
moist.
"I'll give you half a dollar to go away"
he said to the bland gentleman anxious
ly.
"My friend" said the smiling customer
slipping with evident satisfaction the
beverage he had mixed, sit affords me
pleasure to say that this is the best lem
onade [ ever drank on a show ground.
Here is your five cents" And he finished
the glass, paid his money, and elbowed
his way out through the crowd.
Half hour later the lemonade vender
broken up in business and disguised in a
pair of green goggles and false beard,
was doing the three-card monte act in
secluded place among the canvas wagons
and looking about searchingly for light
haired rnd smiling stranger.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30
THE QUEENS JUBILEE.

Ceremonies at Westminster Abbey Grand
and Imposing Spectacle. Americas Con-
CALCULATIONS.
A London dispatch says: At the cent
raj door of Westminster Abbey, the la
dies and officers of the queens household
awaited the arrival of the royal party.
As its members descended from their
carriages, the ladies and officers advanced
to meet the queen. The officiating clergy
were assembled in the nave of the Abbey.
When the queen appeared at the foot of
the steps, the clergymen formed the
procession, headed by the minor canons
and the canons residentiary. Then came
the bishop of London, the arch bishops
of Canterbury and York and the dean of
Westminster. The heralds and the mem
bers of the royal household followed,
preceding the royal princes and relatives
of her majesty, who walked three abreast,
the two lines nearest the queen being
composed OF the prince of Wales and the
dukes of Connaught and Edinburgh, and
prince Christian, Crown Prince Frederick
William and the Grand Duke of Hesse.
The qusen then came. She was immedi-
ately followed by the master of horse and
the mistress of the robes, the princesses
coming next in pairs in the following
ORDER: The crown princess of Germany
and the princess of Wales; Princess
Christian and Princes LOUISE 1.-THE mar
chioness of Lorne); Princess Beatrice
and the duches of Edinburgh; Primo ess
William of Prussia and the princess of
Saxe-Meiningen; the duchess of connaugh'
and the duchess of Albany; Princess
Louise of Wales and Princess Elizabeth
of Russia; Princess Maud of Wales and
Princess Victoria of Prussia; Princess
Louise of Battenbery and Princess Sophia
of Prussia; Princess Irene of Hesse an6
Princess Victoria of Scheswigh -Holstein
Prince Alfred of Edinburgh and the wo,
man of the bed chamber and lad1es-ln
waiting and others closed the procession
with the captains CT the corps of gentle
men alarms and the yeomen of the guard
whose corps was posted at different point;
in the Abbey. As the procession flee
up the aisle DR.. Bridge played the march
by Handles and the royal family slowly
took their seats on the dias, the queer
occupying the coronation chair over the
back of which dropped the regal robes
of state, which the queen presently as
sumed with the assistance of the mistress
of the robes.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30
WASHINGTON.

AN effort will be made in the next con-
grecs to effort some changes in the pres
ent system of selecting cadets for West
Point and Annapolis, under which the
supply of naval and military officers is
very large In excess of the demand.
COMPTROLLER OF THE CURRENCY TREN-
HoLM.takes an ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS thesfn.
ancial situation. He says there is an
ample supply of money in the country
and sees no reason to apprehend any
serious financial arrangement in the near
future.
THE text of the postal convention be
tween the United States and Mexico, re-
Gently ratified by the Mexican govern
ment, has been approved by President
Cleveland. 1t makes complete "new
departure" in our postal relations with
with Mexico, changing, improving, and
vastly extending the facilities and scope
of the service.
Mrs Villas and family will leave Wed
noeday for their home in Wisconsin,
when the Postmaster General will join
them later in the season, his officialduties
combining him to the city for the present
AS their Lease for the house expires in
September Mrs. Villas will seek another
residence when she returns il the
autun, and there is some talk o. their
purchasing property in the District.
ADvICEs to the Associated Press show
that the Queens jubilee was observed by
the British residents in Washing ton
where room in the Garfield memorial
hospital was furnished in English oak,
and endowed; in Charleston, where the
Mayor sent the Queen message, rtmem-
herring her response at the time of the
earthquake; in Worcester, Mass and
Syracuse, N. Y.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

A Multitude of Ailments

The ailments which aff1ct the kidneys and bad
der are so numerous, that merely to name them
would fill space far outrunning the Limits of
this article. suffice it to say, that they 10th
obstinate and dangerous. To their prevention
Hostetters st, mach Bitters is well adapted The
stimulus VIII oh it lends to the action of the kid
neys when they are lethargic, serve to counterfeit
tendency in them to lapse. first, into stale of
pernicious inactivity. and afterwards into ore of
positive organic disease, which soon destroys
their delicate integuments, poisons the blood and
causes death. double purpose is servei by
this depurent. 1t promotes activity Of the kid
neys and expels impurities from. the blood which
have no natural channel of outlet, except those
organs. Constipation, biliousness, fever and
ague, rheumatism and dyspepsia, are also rem
edied by this medicine of thorough action and
wide scope
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

The Michigan senate has passed the
liauor-tax bill with but one dissenting
vote-that of Mr.. Barringer. The tax is
now as follows: On retailing spirituous
or malt liquors, $500; selling of still wine
or malt liquors, wholesale and retail,
$500; wholesaling of spirituous liquors,
$500; upon sale of spirituous liquors.
wholesale and retail combinations, $500
RUMoRs are current at Cincinnati that
the liabilities of the Fidelity National
Bank will reach $e,0OO,O0O, while the as
sets are rapidly dwindling. Upon charges
of conspiracy to defraud, Messrs. Har-
per, Baldwin, and Hopkins were re-
arrested Wednesday and bailed, the for
mer in $4,000, and the two latter IN
$4,000 each. Another affidavit charges
them with making fraudulent report OF
the banks condition to the Comptroller
of the Currercy May 13 last.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

MIME. BERNHARpT's American tour of
fourteen months is said to have Melted
her $S00,000, or about $1,000 for each
performance. At that rate the eccentric
actress will soon be able to carry a whole
menagerie around with her, instead of
one little tiger,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

green velvet. She wore bonnet of the
same embroidery as on the front of the
dress, trimmed with gray tulle and olive
velvet ribbon.
A reception and banquet was given at
the palace tonight, the guests being
limited to members of royal families and
diplomats. Mr.. Phelps was present. The
Jubilee illumination tonight was SPLEEN
did and was viewed by immense crowds.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30
Milwaukee Market.

MILWAUKEE,. June 27.-Wheat-Steady; 7OA
fof seller cash: II for seller July; 74ss for seller
September. Corn-Easier; No. 2, 3613. Oats
Firm; No, 2, white 2O1k. Rye-Quet; No. 1. 81.
Barley-Nominal. Provisions-Firmer Pork
IA rs for seller June.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30
How to Send Silver by Mail.
Albany Journal.

A clever way to send silver through the
mail is to put it in card or straw-board.
Take a strip the size of the envelopes
and the thickness of silver piece. With
the small blade of a pepknife cut out a
circle into which the silver will Just fit.
Then on each side paste paper to keep
the money in place.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

THE United States Comptroller of the
Currency has taken charge of the Fidelity
National Bank, of Cincinnati. The banks
officers are being arrested.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

THIRTY ONE homestead claims were filed
at Ashland during the month of May.
The land, 4,402 acres, is mostly situated
in Douglas county.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

RAILROAD companies running through
any portion of the state of New York are
given until May L, 1888, to get clear of
''the car stove" But they must go on Or
before that time. Other states will fol-
low suit, and railroads would do well to
note the fact.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

THE benighted heather will not be
obliged to "rage" forever. No less than
Thirty five students of Cornell are said to
be willing to go out as foreign mission
aries this year.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

MISS KEARNEY, of Terre Haute, Ind,
was shot at by a crank doctor on Satur-
day, but the ball was turned aside by a
steel in her corset. AS long as men con-
tinue their target practice on women the
corset will continue to be a popular
article of feminine wearing apparel.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

The Interstate act contains an over
sight, so to speak. 1t does not prohibit
the robbery of trains on Interstate rail
roads.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

ELLA WHEELER Wilcox, who is slowly
recovering from her dangerous illness,
has never liked the east, and is coming
back to Wisconsin to live.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

In the case of Cora Lee, trial at
Springfield, Mo-, on the charge of being
implicated in the murder of Mrs. Sarah
Graham, about year ago, the jury failed
to agree.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

SCHWARTZ and Watt, recently convicted
of numbering Nichols, the express mes
senger of the Chicago, Rock Island and
Pacific Railroad between Joliet aud Nor
ris, ILL.,, were lodged in the Joliet Peni-
Tertiary Thursday, to serve out their life
sentence
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

So MANY New York women want to ride
on the outside Of the Fifth avenue stages
on pleasant evenings, that it is impossi-
bic to accommodate them all. They have
probably been stimulated by Buffalo Rill's
stage coaching with royalty in London.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

In Cleveland dry-goods houses, girls
using slang are fined penny per slang.
One girl who was fined SIT IN IL minutes,
said to another employee: "Ihey won't
fine me again and don't you forget IT,
and she put on her hat and coat and
went home.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

REPORTS continue to be received of a
great famine III Asia Minor, caused by
failure of crops.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

IT is said the Springfield, ILL.,, printing
combine" will institute mandamus suit
against the state auditor to compel him
to issue warrants for the amounts due
them work already done under their re-
Gently abrogated printing contract. 1t
is claimed the sum due them is about
c1o 900
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

The wheat harvest is in progress in
southern and central Illinois, and the
grain is generally in good condition, with
fair yield.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

WESTERN pork-packers have not been
chilled to the marrow by the report that
a company has been organized in New
York with a capacity for Strengthening
1000 hogs day. That number of hogs
could be taken out of the Chicago pack
ing houses every day and not even be
missad
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30
How Long A Watch Should Last.
No Reason Why 1t Should not Keep Perfect
Time for One Hundred Years.
New York Mail and Express

NO reason why 1t Should not Keep Perfect
Time for One Hundred Years.
New York Mail and Express
ga frst-class watch should last for a
hundred years, if properly taken care Of
safe well known Matchmaker to a Mail
and Express man.
"The reason that they wear out is the
fault of the owner and not of the watch
In the first place, a watch should be
cleaned and oiled once in every eighteen
months. If this is not done the oil which
lubricates the works will dry aud the
works wear out by friction. Another
mistake is to wear a watch in an outside
pocket where it is liable to be jammed
have known more watches r1ined by
billiard playing than any thing else. In
leaning over to make a long shot the vest
pocket is frequency broght in Violent
contact with the table, and this repeated
Earring can not fail to injure the works
The best watches are made to- day in Eng
land. They are masterpieces of work
manship. 1 should say that the Ameri-
can watch ranks next, and those manu-
featured in Switzerland third in order.
Some watches are made to run eight days
with one winding, but they never will
be come popular. Their owners al
most always forget to wind them up on
the eight day. / know of only one or two
il. ~~~-S-y--. Tr,oy made in Swift
zerland. The usual length of time MOD.
ern watches are calculated to run with
one winding is from thirty to thirty-six
hours"
West Point Dancing Glasses.
StNicholas for sune.
One of the morning duties at West
Point is the dancing lesson. Each class
has an hour day allotted to it. The
dancing master calls the dance, the pi-
anist strikes up lively tune, and the
cadets revolve and gyrate in couples
about the room. They can hardly fail to
become good dancers when all enter into
the spirit of it with so much heartiness,
The dancing master is the jolliest of
short, fat Frenchmen.
attention, cavaliersI' he calls. sin re
waltz re right foot es advance, so; zen re
left and re right brought up, SO! Now one
| two tree; one, two tree!' and he sways
his body and half closes his eyes as he
| chants the numbers, while the whole
| roomful of boys moves as he directs.
| Suddenly he sees cadet leaning against
| the wall, and he darts across the room to
him.
"Ah, Monsieur, Wy do you not dance"
Cant get the STEP" is the reply.
'sAh, ct is very easy! 1 will get you
partner" And away he goes to another,
who also has difficulty with the step, and,
painting and red in the face brings him to
the scene. 'sNow, Mees Fisher, allow me
to introduce Monsieur johnson; now you
will Dance" And johnson and IMees'
Fisher bow, and redden at the laughter
around them and then try again.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

JUDGE WOODS, of the United States
court, at Indianapolis, has ordered the
persons indicted for election frauds in
that city to appear and plead, and a ia
miliar kind of pleasant music will soon
be heard issuing from the Hoosier cap
ftai
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

COsCAE WILDE's aesthetic tastes do not
appear to exert a great influence on his
wife. At recent afternoon reception in
London she wore snuff-Drown ulster
wrap reaching from her neck to her heels,
a black lace veil and a black lace bonnet
that defied description.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

Col E. G. Walker, Trotting Editor of
the esprit of the Times" N. Y. aud
GenI Rufus ingalls,, Quartermaster GEN
eral, q. s. A., both recommend st. Jacobs
Oil as without equal as a horse remedy"
Price fifty cents.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

WAGER of 5000 to 500 was made in
New York Monday that gold would be
imported into the United States inside of
month. The theory is, that since the
collapse of the wheat corner, our grain
will now begin going to Europe in large
quantities, thus setting a golden stream
in this direction.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

''My DEAR" said her lover, 81 am fired
with an ambition to win your hand. May
I consult your father?" Eyes" she soft
ly murmured. An hour later he was again
fred.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30

The Champion Oarsman of America
John Teemer, writes: 81 have found st
Jacobs Oil of inestimable value" AL
Champion Oarsmen use it. Sold BY
Druggists and Dealers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1887-06-30


The queens dress was not striking
Across her breast she wore the broad blue
ribbon of the Garter. The only other
decoration she wore was that of the order
of "Coburg- Gotha."
The most conspicuous figure in the pro-
cession was the German crown prince,
whose magnificent physique set off by a
snow white uniform, was conspicuous in
the princely throng. The Prince of
Wales, who wore the familiar red uniform,
seemed Insignificant in comparison. The
Grand Duke of Sergfns of Russia, who
wore curious, but picturesque, cape, was,
after the German crown prince. much the
most striking figure.
Upon the dais, the princesses wore
light colored dresses, except the duchess
of Albany, who was attired In black. The
crown princess of Germany wore robe,
the front of which was of silver and
gold embroidery of Turkish design.
wrought with real silver and gold threads
The train was of pale French grey cord
ed silk. The front was gracefully tied
with loops and long ends of dark olive
green velvet. The bodice, made high to
the throat, was of silk, with vest of the
embroidery, bordered narrowly with olive
The San Saba news. [volume] (San Saba, Tex.) 1873-1966, 1887-01-21

When Ualton, one of the officers OF
Charlemagneis household, went on
IN embassy to the Byzantine Court, he
by the Greek Emperor to dine, and placed
was invited by him in the midst
Of his mobiles. There was an cstab-
lished Law among the Greeksthat no
one at the Princes table should turn
over the body of any animal that was
served up, but that they should cat of
the part that was uppermost. On this
o casion fresh water fish WAS brought
up, garnished with various sauces, and
the Ambassador, who knew nothing Of
the customs of the country, unfortunately
turned the fish over, upon which the
courtiers. filed with indignation, arose,
and. addressing the Emperor, said;
"Do not suffer yourself, oh. Emperor,
TO be treated with disrespect that was
never shown TO any of your ancestors
Command that this stranger, who has
broken your laws in your very presence,
be instantly put to death.
The Emperor answered, turning TO
Halton, and signing:
Il cannot refuse the request oil my
Lords. but ask of me any other boon but
that of your lie, and l Will grant it.
IIalton reflected for q moment, and
then said:
Il will only ask of you small favor
to grant, most gracious sovereign, that
all those who saw me turn the fish over
nav have their eyes put ont. -
The Emperor, astonished at the strange
ness Of this request, vowel that he had
not seen it done. and had only pro
nounced the word Of others.
The Empress also was perfectly posi-
tive that she had seen nothing of 1t;
and the mobiles, one after another. made
the same declaration. The result was
that as no one had seen the ofense he
could not be punished for it.